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Security agencies issue blunt 'act swiftly' warning on AI
Five Eyes intelligence partners regularly meet, but the agencies involved rarely issue joint statements. (ABC News: Cam Schwarz)
Cybersecurity agencies in Australia, the US, Canada, the UK and New Zealand have issued a joint warning on the cyber threat posed by artificial intelligence.
They are jointly urging governments and businesses to act faster to dramatically improve cybersecurity, including using AI tools to improve their defences.
Companies like Anthropic have provided powerful AI tools to a small number of Australian government agencies and businesses to help improve defences.
Cybersecurity agencies have sounded a warning to government and corporate leaders that the cyber risk posed by artificial intelligence (AI) demands urgent action.
AI to supercharge cyber attacks ‘within months’, spy bosses warn
Australian businesses and government agencies could face a dramatic escalation in AI-powered cyber threats within months, according to a warning from the Five Eyes intelligence alliance, which said frontier models were rapidly reshaping the capabilities of hostile actors.
In a rare statement published overnight, the spy agencies from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK and the US warned that AI had accelerated the speed, scale and sophistication of cyber threats.
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‘Act now’: Cyber spy chiefs issue warning on AI threat
The heads of the Five Eyes cybersecurity agencies have issued a rare joint statement warning that artificial intelligence is reshaping cyber risk in months rather than years, and have urged business and government leaders to act immediately.
Released on Monday night, the statement brings together cybersecurity chiefs from the Five Eyes allies – Australia, the United States, Britain, Canada and New Zealand. It says frontier AI models are expected to exceed industry expectations and will transform both attack and defence, and that the gap between a vulnerability being found and exploited is closing fast.
“The urgency is clear. AI is not a future consideration – it is already here,” the statement says. “It lowers barriers for malicious actors and increases the speed and complexity of attacks … At the same time, AI offers powerful tools to strengthen defence.”
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